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Questions
For now, go to study questions from Prof. J. M. Massi.
Resources
Recommended articles and books in our library include these:
Bonheim. The King Lear Perplex. (collected essays).
Bradley, A. C. "King Lear." In Bradley's Shakespearean Tragedy.
Bradley, A. C. "The World of King Lear." In Siegel's His Infinite Variety.
Eddy, Darlene M. The Worlds of King Lear. Muncie, Ind.: Ball State Univ., (1970).
Fraser. Shakespeare's Poetics in Relation to King Lear. (1966).
Heilman, Robert. This Great Stage: Image and Structure in King Lear. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Press, (1948).
Holinshed, Raphael. Holinshed's Chronicle as Used in Shakespeare's Plays. London, Toronto, and New York, (1927).
James, D. G. "Costume in King Lear." Shakespeare Survey, 13, pp. 72-80, (1960).
Johnson, Samuel. "King Lear." In Raleigh's Johnson on sh., 154-62.
Knight, G. Wilson. "King Lear and the Comedy of the Grotesque." In Harbage's SH: The Tragedies.
Lascelles, Mary. "`King Lear' and Doomsday." Shakespeare Survey, 26, pp. 69-80, (1973).
Mendenca. "The Influence of Gorboduc on King Lear." Shakespeare Survey, 13, pp. 41-48, (1960).
Muir, Kenneth. "Madness in King Lear." Shakespeare Survey, 13, pp. 30-40, (1960).
Myrick, Kenneth. "Christian Pessimism in King Lear." In Bloom's Shakespeare, 1564-1964.
Nowottny, W. M. T. "Lear's Questions." Shakespeare Survey, 10, pp. 90-98, (1957).
Nowottny, W. M. T. "Some Aspects of the Style of King Lear." Shakespeare Survey, 12, pp. 49-57, (1960).
Peat, Derek. "King Lear and the Tension of Uncertainty." Shakespeare Survey, 33, pp. 43-54, (1980).
Slights, William. "Nature's Originals: Value in Shakespearian Pastoral." Shakespeare Survey, 37, pp. 69-74, (1984).
Stampfer, J. "The Catharsis of King Lear." Shakespeare Survey, 13, pp. 1-10, (1960).
Walton, J. K. "Lear's Last Speech." Shakespeare Survey, 13, pp. 11-19, (1960).
Wells, Stanley. "Taming...Shrew & King Lear: Structural Comparison." Shakespeare Survey, 33, pp. 55-66, (1980).
Links
Performances
Links related to Akira Kurasawa's Japanese adaptation entitled RAN (1985):
Black, James. "`King Lear': Art Upside-Down." Shakespeare Survey, 33, pp. 35-42, (1980).